Clothesline-support



M. C. MYERS.

C-LOTHESLINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATiON FILED JAN. 12. 1920.

1,365,264, Patented Jan.11,1921.

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UNITED STATES MILTON CLARKE MYERS, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

CLOTHESLINE-SUPPORT.

Application filed January 12, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON O. MYERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Clothesline-Supports, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes driers and refers moreparticularly to clothes line supports adapted to feed a line from thepoint of attaching the clothes out into the open air, or away from abuilding.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive drier of the above character, having effective and easilyoperable means for feeding out one or more clothes lines, and fordrawing the same in, together with means for supporting the line toprevent sagging when the clothes are applied thereto.

With the foregoing object in View, this invention comprises the new anduseful details of construction and arrangement, which will be fullydescribed herein, illustrated in the annexed drawing, and morespecifically claimed. hereinafter.

In the drawing the invention is shown applied to a house, the view beingin perspective.

Referring now to the drawing, numeral 5 designates a post or similarouter supporting means, which when the device is constructed to hold twoor more clothes lines, is provided with a cross-arm 6, to which areattached the outer ends of fixed wire cables 7 and 8, the inner ends ofthe cables being anchored to a building, or other support 9. Cables 7and 8 are preferably strung taut, eyes 10 being applied to the crossarmand building to receive the cable in an obvious manner.

On cables 7 and 8 is a carrier pendent from grooved trolley wheels orpulleys 11 and 12 adapted to roll on the cables. The carrier comprises across bar 13 having upturned arms 14 at its ends on which the wheels arej ournaled. On the inner edge of the cross-bar are spaced apart eyessuch as 15 and 16 to which are fastened clothes lines 17 and 18, thelines being strung over pulleys 19 and 20 fixed to the building 9. Theinner ends of the lines 17 and 18 are attached to a reel 21 mounted torotate with a shaft 22 supported in a frame 23 fixed to the wall of thebuilding in position to be accessible Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Serial No. 350,993.

to an operator. A manually operable crank 24: is fixed to the end of theshaft 22.

On the outer edge of carrier bar 13 is a centrally positioned eye 25 towhich is attached a tail line cable 26 trained over a pulley 27 mountedon a post 5, thence down to weighted pulley block 28, thence upward andover a pulley 27 also mounted on post 5 above pulley 27, and thenceinward and over a pulley 29 fixed to the building 9, cable 26 beingattached at its inner end to a reel 30 Reel 30 is mounted to a shaft 31in frame 23 parallel to reel 21, intermeshing gears 32 and 38 beingcarried on shafts 22 and 31 respectively, so that the two reels rotatetogether.

In operation, the carrier is drawn in toward the building where theclothes may be applied to the lines 17 and 18. As the clothes are fixedto the lines, the crank 24 may be rotated to reel out the lines on reel21 in an apparent manner. Reel 30 will rotate in the opposite direction,through the medium of the intermeshing gears 32 and 33, and will reel inthe cable 26, thus serving to move the carrier out as the lines 17 and18 are fed out, weighted pulley block 28 functioning to keep lines 17and 18, and cable 26 tight. When rotating crank 24 in the oppositedirection, lines 17 and 18 will be drawn in on reel 21, and cable 26will be unreeled by reason of the reverse rotation of reel 30.

The device is provided with an auxiliary supporting carrier 35, whichmay be used to support the lines 17 and 18 to prevent sagging when suchlines are very long. It may be applied in place by engaging its trolleywheels 36 and 37 over cables 7 and 8, with the supporting cross-bar 88positioned under the clothes lines, the length of arms 39 and 40 beingsuch as to allow the lines to rest on the cross bar. The auxiliarycarrier is adapted to be applied when substantially half of the lineshave been fed out, and the weight of the filled clothes lines will besufiicient to cause the carrier to be dragged out with the lines. Thuswhen the lines are completely reeled out, the auxiliary carrier will bepositioned substantially half way between post 5 and the building 9.When greater lengths of lines are in use, several such carriers may beapplied at spaced intervals.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that this inventionprovides a simple and effective device for feeding out a clothes lineand for drawing the line in, together with means for supporting the lineto prevent sagging when filled with clothes. The drawing shows twooverhead supports 7 and 8, but it will be understood that a single cablerail may be provided.

I claim:

A clothes-line holding device comprising 10 supports, cables fixed tothe supports, a carrier movable on said cables, a clothes line connectedto the carrier at one end, supporting means for the other end of theclothes line, a hauling cable attached to the carrier and an auxiliarycarrier mounted on the supporting cables and having a supporting barpositioned beneath the clothesline.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MILTON CLARKE MYERS.

